Tag Archives: bees

Earth Day experts: climate risks and what people can do before it’s too late?

April 20, 2022bees, carbon pricing, climate change, climate justice, ecological footprint, environment, freshwater lakes, gas stoves, greenhouse gases, invasive species, net zero, PFAS, wildfiressandramc

TORONTO, April 20, 2022 – This year’s Earth Day follows the publication of three reports by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which highlight the need for governments, businesses and communities to make changes now before it’s too late.

Paving paradise: putting up parking lots put bumblebees at risk in Toronto

March 21, 2022bees, Bumblebees, faculty of environment and urban change, Faculty of Science, pollinators, Torontosandramc

TORONTO, March 21, 2022 – “They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.” Written and sung by Joni Mitchell in the 1970s, those lyrics still hold true today as pavement and concrete structures squeeze out Toronto’s native bumblebees, say York University researchers in a new study published today.

Where did western honey bees come from? New research finds the sweet spot

December 3, 2021bees, Faculty of Science, genome, honey beesandramc

TORONTO, Dec. 3, 2021 – For decades, scientists have hotly debated the origin of the western honey bee. Now, new research led by York University has discovered these popular honey-producing bees most likely originated in Asia.

York U researcher wins prestigious E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship for work with bees

November 17, 2021bees, E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, Faculty of Science, molecular ecology, Steacie fellowshipsandramc

TORONTO, Nov. 17, 2021 – Wild bees have a critical role to play in climate change resilience, which makes finding out why they are declining more important. As a winner of this year’s NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, York University Associate Professor Sandra Rehan is tackling this issue through her work in bee genomics, molecular ecology and behavioural genetics.

Virtual conference buzzes with sweet bee insights

October 12, 2021Beec, bees, Bumblebees, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, Faculty of Science, honey beessandramc

TORONTO, Oct. 12, 2021 – This year’s BeeCon will explore the effects of human-driven landscape disturbance on wild bee communities, the development of diagnostic tools for neonicotinoid exposure, altruistic and selfish aggression in honey bees and more.

Case of mistaken identity solved! Rarest bee genus in North America is not so rare after all

June 15, 2021bees, Faculty of Science, Museum of Naturesandramc

TORONTO, June 15, 2021 - Canadian researchers have discovered that a bee thought to be one of the rarest in the world, as the only representative of its genus, is no more than an unusual specimen of a widespread species.